The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Seven Sisters

❤️ loved this book because...

Book 1 pulled me in and I just had to read all 8 in the series! Loved the continuity in plot, yet uniqueness of each sister’s search for origin in a new country.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Lucinda Riley ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked The Seven Sisters as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The Seven Sisters is a sweeping epic tale of love and loss by the international number one bestseller Lucinda Riley.

Maia D'Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home - a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva - having been told that their beloved adoptive father, the elusive billionaire they call Pa Salt, has died.

Each of them is handed a tantalising clue to their true heritage - a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil . . .

Eighty years earlier, in…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of What the Wind Knows

❤️ loved this book because...

Being Irish myself, I was intrigued with the historical perspective and actually learned facts I did not know! But it was the romance and mystery of the plot that kept me engaged!

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Amy Harmon ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked What the Wind Knows as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller.

In an unforgettable love story, a woman's impossible journey through the ages could change everything...

Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather's stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time.

The Ireland of 1921, teetering on the edge of war, is a dangerous place in which to awaken. But there Anne finds herself, hurt, disoriented, and under the care of…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

❤️ loved this book because...

Enjoyed learning about the librarians of Appalachia! The natural flow of the storyline and determination of the main character made me want to immediately read the followup book, The Bookwoman’s Daughter.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Kim Michele Richardson ,

Why should I read it?

11 authors picked The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER
A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER
AN OKRA PICK
The bestselling historical fiction from Kim Michele Richardson, this is a novel following Cussy Mary, a packhorse librarian and her quest to bring books to the Appalachian community she loves, perfect for readers of Lee Smith and Lisa Wingate. The perfect addition to your next book club!
The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything-everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter.
Cussy's not only…


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